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A.C

Synonyms within Context: A.C

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Time

Hereupon, thereupon, whereupon; then; anno Domini; A.D.; ante Christum; A.C.; before Christ; B.C.; anno urbis conditae; A.U.C.; anno regni; A.R.; once upon a time, one fine morning, one fine day, one day, once.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: A.C

English words defined with "A.C": synchronous motor. (references)
Specialty definitions using "A.C": A.C./A.ratio, a.c.motor-driven oil dump, Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation, Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation 2000chopper transistorDual System EstimationExecutive Steering Committee for A.C.E. PolicyFinal Housing Unit MatchingGeraldHousing Unit Followup, Housing Unit Matchingintegration timelimiting continuous thermal withstand value, limiting short-time thermal withstand valueoffering signalPerson Matching, phonic motor, pull-out testrated burden of an energising circuit, rated burden of an energizing circuit, rated power of an energising circuit, rated power of an energizing circuit, ripple electromotive force, ripple voltagesilent period, static uninterruptable power supply, static UPSTargeted Extended Searchuninterruptable power supply. (references)

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Modern Usage: A.C

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

A.C. Dupin zasahuje (1971)

Jaarverslag A.C.W. (1957)

High Diving by A.C. Holden (1900)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: A.C

DomainTitle

References

  • A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • La città e il tiranno : il concetto di tirannide nella Grecia del VII-IV secolo a.c (reference)

  • Fécamp : du Palais ducal au palais de Dieu : bilan historique et archéologique des recherches menées sur le site du château des ducs de Normandie, IIe siècle A.C.-XVIIIe siècle P.C (reference)

  • Architetture dipinte : decorazioni parietali non figurate nelle tombe a camera dell'Etruria meridionale : VII-V sec. a.C (reference)

  • Officine ceramiche di etáa regia : produzione di ceramica in impasto a Roma dalla fine dell'VIII alla fine del VI secolo a.C (reference)

  • A.C. Losses and Flux Pinning in High Temperature Superconductors Studies of High Temperature Superconductors - Volume 32 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: A.C

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[Robert A.C. Wollenberg]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Colonel A.C. Girard] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Bushnell..

In all his glory / A.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

The house] / A.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

City of Louisville / A.C. Warren ; E.P. Brandard. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Wedding at the White House. The ceremony in the East Room--Rev. Dr. Tiffany declaring Mr. A.C.F. Sartoris and Miss Nellie Grant husband and wife / sketched by our special artist, Mr. Harry Ogden. Credit: Library of Congress.

Brandy Station, Va. Col. John R. Coxe, A.C.S., and lady seated before his log-cabin winter quarters at Army of the Potomac headquarters. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lt Col Kennedy of the 13th Iowa, 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17 A.C. raising the stars & stripes over the State House Columbia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rhode Island, Newport, 1920, A.C. James Home, Blue Garden, gardeners potting plants. Credit: Library of Congress.

Flower beds beside cottages at the A.C. James house, "Suprise Valley Farm", Newport, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: A.C

AuthorQuotation

A.c. Benson

The worst sorrows in life are not its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: A.C

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Riegel, A.C., and French, E.D. Acute toluene induces biphasic changes in rat spontaneous locomotor activity which are blocked by remoxipride. (references)

Economic History

Mexico

Asociacion de Editores de Periodicos Diarios de la Republica Mexicana, A.C. (references)

Norway

Electrical equipment sold and used by the public (consumer electronics and household electrical appliances) must have an approval from NEMKO, or similar control establishments within the EU. Electric current throughout Norway is 50 cycle, 220 volt A.C, single and three phase. (references)

Trade

Norway

Electric current throughout Norway is 50 cycle, 220-volt a.c; single- and three-phase. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: A.C

"A.C" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "A.C" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: A.C

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

a.c moore

213

a.c milan

17

a.c slater

7

a.c nielsen

6

a.c enlace

5

a.c flora high school

5

a.c moores

5

a.c nielson

5

a.c a.c ac ac amplifier amplifier amplifier amplifier coupled coupled coupled coupled

5

a.c neilson

4

a.c dorval md

3

a.c b b contractor hesse

2

a.c neilsen

2

a.c carlos fundacion madrazo

2

a.c crispin

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: A.C


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 2E 43

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 00101110 01000011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#46 &#67

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 002E 0043

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

351637

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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